by Robert Lawless, Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 28, 2022
Augmented Reality Battlefield States are prioritizing measures to enhance soldiers’ situational awareness during military operations, including the development of augmented reality capabilities. Augmented reality, as distinguished from virtual reality, superimposes...
by Sean Watts, Robert Lawless | Mar 25, 2022
The Law and Character of War in 2035 In fall of 2020, the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare at West Point joined a U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) multi-year study on the changing character of warfare. The study has convened three times annually since. Its purpose...
by Robert Lawless | Mar 21, 2022
Are Mercenaries in Ukraine? Reports suggest both Russia and Ukraine are recruiting and supplementing forces in ways that potentially implicate international legal rules related to mercenaries. This post, after surveying media reports of mercenaries in Ukraine,...
by Robert Lawless | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Legal Obligation to Take Precautions to Minimize Civilian Harm U.S. Special Forces recently conducted a raid against the residence of the Islamic State’s leader. President Biden and other U.S. Department of Defense officials ordered a ground operation rather...
by Shane Reeves, Robert Lawless | Jan 19, 2022
“Great Power Competition” Between Russia and Ukraine: Law of Armed Conflict Implications In a previous article, we discussed the law-of-war implications arising from what the United States is calling “Great Power Competition” (for example, see here and here). Current...
